Fishing-reel.



No. 8695406. PATENTEB OCT. 29, 1907.

y L. ATWOOD.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION rum) mum, 1901.

film/(K072 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD ATWOOI), OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR ()l ()NF-FOURTHTO JOHN M. O. HEWITT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FISHINGZREEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed January 7. 1907. Serial N 351.127.

=. A Vania, have invented certain Improvements in Fishing- Reels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fishing reels forwhichapplication for patent was filed by me on the 29th day of December,1905, Serial Number 293,859, and the objects of my present invention areto improve the friction mechanism, to prevent the binding of the spoolflanges against the body of the reel, and to adjust the reel laterallyin respect to the pole.

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, in which: r

Figure 1, is a sectional view of my improved fishing reel; Fig. 2, is aview showing the reel mounted on a pole; Fig. 3, is a detachedperspective view of the adjustable spindle and its parts; Ijig. 4, is asectional perspective view of the reel spool; Fig. 5 is, an invertedplan view of the reelseat, Fig. 6, is a view indetail of a part of Fig.1 and Fig. 7, is a sectional view on the line 7-7, Fig. 5. U

The frame of the reel consists of a body A made of two side members Aconnectedtogether by rods a,

which space the side members a given distance'apart.

- B is the spool having flanges bb and a hub b, which is mounted on atransverse. spindle 0 made in parts as illustrated in Fig.3. Secured tothe flanges b--b of the spool B are disks d-d and the disk d is firmlysecured to the enlarged portion 6' of the hub b, while the disk d isfree of the enlarged portion b of the hub and is'preferably made ofspringmetalj there being sufficient space between this portion of thehub and the disk to allow the disk to move towards and from the hub whenend pressure is applied. In fact, in some instances both the disks d-dmay be made of spring metal. On the portion b of the hub is a toothedclick wheel (F with which engages the click pawl D actuated by a springd of the usual construction."

The spindle G has a squared portion 0 upon which is loosely mounted afriction; disk (2, so that while the friction disk will turn with thespindle it will be free to accommodate itself to the friction surfaceofthe disk 03 of the spool. A pin c,.dr other stop, is used to hold the'disk in position on the squared portion of the spool. e i is a'frictionwasher of leather or other suitable material placed between the disks 0and d, although this is not absolutely essential. i I

On one end of the spindle C is the handle C by which the spindle isturned and it will be noticed that the friction disk eis on the handleportion of the'spindle and must turn with the handle, consequently, whenis direct connection between the handle and the spool or less frictioncanbe applied according to the desire of the angler.

I preferably construct the mechanism for applying the friction in thefollowing manner: c'- is a rod forming an extension'of the spindle C andthis rod has a screw threaded end,'as clearly showp in Fig. 3, thespindle (3 being mounted in the bearing a in one of the side members A.C is a sleeve mounted on the said rod and on the end of the rod is a nutf and between this nut and the end of the spindle C is a spring washerf. It will be noticed that the sleeve (If interlocks with the bodyportion of the spindlel". The spindle is cut partly away so as to form aprojecting portion 0 and the sleeve C is also-cut away to form aprojecting portion cf; these two portions interlock. The sleeve is heldin the bearing a by its flange so that when the nut f is turned thespindle C is drawn towards the.

sleeve forcing the friction disk 0 against the end of the spool and thespool against the flange which forms an abutment. There is enough playbetween the end of the enlarged portion of the spindle and the sleeve toallow, for this movement On two of the transverse rods (1. is mountedthe reel seat G and passing through this reel scat and mounted in theside members A of'the reel is a screw threaded rod 9 on which are nutsg, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 These nuts are mounted on each sideof the reel seat G so that on backing one nut and moving the otherforward the reel seat can be adjusted transversely on the reel. Theobject of this construction is to avoid the tendency to swing the polewhen the handle is turned by bringing the handle close to the pole and,furthermore, the reel can be balanced on the pole by this lateraladjustment, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to allow the line to be wound uponthe spool more evenly than heretofore. I

In order to attach the line to a fixed point on the spool, I form an eyeby-a bent wire at, which is bent at right angles as shown in Fig. l andinserted in the hole in the hub b of thespool and in a hole-at the baseof the flange b. The reel is preferably adjusted so that this eye willcome in a line with the eyes on the pole through which the cord passesand when the line is wound upon the reel it will wind frbm the eye sideof the spool to the opposite side and the convolutions will be closetogether making a very compact winding of the line.

It will be'seen that the reel spool when the friction nut f is backedoff is not in frictional contact with the spindle and can freely rotateon the spindle, and when the friction nut ist-urned in the oppositedirection the spool can be either rigidly connected-to the spindle orfor Large and active fish a given pressure is applied, so that while thefish is free to take the line it will not unreel the line too rapidlyand when the angler wishes to take up the line he can wind uponthehandle and at the same time can adjust the friction nut to; apply anyamount of friction desired. Whenthefish-takes'thehookthe, pull upon theline will cause it'to embed itself in the strands of the line upon thespool and in the ordinary construction of reel this causes the sideflanges Z of the spool-which are usually made very lightto spread apartand bind upon the casing A. By making the spool with the disks dd,' asshown, when the pressure is applied to irictionally connect the spindleand spool, the pressure" upon the disk d will cause the flanges b toresist the pressure of the line and will tend to draw the two flanges ofthe spool towards each other, keeping them free of the side members A"of the casing, and, as before remarked, when the @eel is adjustedlaterally with respect to the pole the handle is brought very close tothe rod so as to avoid the tendency tocause the rod to swing due to theleverage when the handle is some distance away from the rod.

I claim:

1. The combination in a-fishing reel, of a -casing, a spool havingflanges, one of the flanges being made of spring metal, a spindle onwhich the spool is mounted, a friction disk carried by the spindle andarranged to contact with the spool,- the sprlng side flange yieldingwhen friction is "applied, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. c

2. The combination in a fishing reel, of a casing a spool havingflanges, a two-part splndle'upon which the spool is mounted, africtiondisk carried by one part, and" means for adjusting -the said frictiondisk towards and from the spool, theilanges of the spool ing made ofyielding material and having two disks secured thereto, onedisk beingrigidly secured to the hub of the spool and the other disk being free ofthe hub, the said disks taking the bearing of the friction mechanism sothat when transverse pressure is applied the side members of zhe diskswill be drawn together, substantially as described. 1 I

3. The combination in a fishing reel, of a body portion having two sidemembers, a. spindlehaving its bearing in, one of the side members, asleeve having its bearing in the other side member, ii ro'd forming anextension of the spindle and passing through the sleeve, an adjustingnut on the end of said rod, said spindle and sleeve having projectlonswhlch interlock, the end ,of the projection on one part being out of conact with the other part so that the sleeve will turn with the spindlebut the spindle will be free to move longitudinally in the sleeve, afriction disk "on the spindle, a spool mounted on the spindle and thesleeve and having a friction surface against which the friction diskcomes in contact, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a fishing reel having a-body portion consisting ofside members connected together, a spindle mounted in a bearing on oneof the side members,-a sleeve mounted in a bearing on the other sidemember, a rod forming an extension of the spindle passing through thesleeve, a nut on the'end of the rod, said spindle having a squaredportion. a friction disk loosely mounted on said squared portion, aspool mounted on the spindle and sleeve and having a friction surfaceagainst which the friction disk comes in contact, substantiallyasdescribed.

5. The combination in aflshing reel, of a c ng, a spool having flanges,a spindle on which the spo l is mounted, an abutment at one side of thespool, a friction disk carried by the spindle and mounted at theopposite side of. thesspool, means for adjusting the said disk inrespect to the spool, a disk secured to one flange of the spool andarranged to take the pressure of the friction disk, causing said flangeto yield, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' 6. ,The combination in a reel. of a frame, a spool mounted thereomandaseat laterally adjustable on the frame,

substantially as described.

7. The combination in a reel, of a frame, a spool mounted on the frame,transverse bars extending from one'slde member of the reel to the other,a reel seat mounted on said bars, and meaps for laterally adjusting thesaid seat, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a reel, of a frame,,a spool mounted on the frame,two transverse bars carried by the frame, a reel seat mounted on thebars, a transverse screw'rod attached to the frame and passing throughthe seat, nuts on the screw rod so that the seat can be adjustedlaterally and can be locked in its adjusted position, substantially asdescribed.

' In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEONARD A'rwoon.

Witnesses:

- WM. A, BABB,. Jos.. H. KLEIN.

